ABSTRACT
There is a long tradition in social anthropology of studying the margins of a society in order to understand what happens at its core. The study of minority groups in a modern industrial society exemplifies this tradition very well; looking at the way that these groups are defined, excluded and incorporated by mainstream society provides important insights into the changing nature of what constitutes the core values of that society. The papers in this volume exemplify this approach admirably. They also raise important questions which need further exploration and it is some of these to which I want to point in this epilogue.
